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Discover an armadillo the size of a pick-up truck, a robotic duck, a really, really old bowl of noodles, and much more in Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things Too Numerous to Mention from What on Earth? Books. But use caution; you’ll find hours of your day simply gone…

Bring the zoo to your classroom with this week’s prize pack of books, including If Wendell Had a Walrus (Henry Holt), The Squirrels’ Busy Year (Candlewick), and The Truth About Bears (Roaring Brook Press). To enter our random drawing, all you have to do is submit a comment telling us what your favorite animal is. Send…

We sure do make life hard on ourselves, don’t we? For example: the afternoon nap. Ah, glorious afternoon nap, how I miss you! Oh, sure, it’s a good and important thing for preschool children, and it’s excusable when it’s Grandma Madeline in her La-Z-Boy. But for the rest of us? Sorry, no. And daydreaming? Whether…

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